“We are and forever will be a family and so that is how I am coping. I am coping with finding a way through to make sure that this somehow makes us stronger and closer.”

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt

Jolie, who was joined by her children Maddox, 15, Pax, 13, Zahara, 12, Shiloh, 10 and eight-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne at the premiere, went on to reveal her hopes for the future.

And, when asked where she sees herself being in five years time, she replied: “I would like to be traveling around the world visiting my children, hoping that they’re just happy and doing really interesting things and I imagine in many different parts of the world and I’ll be supporting them.”

Jolie opened up about her divorce before the premiere of her new film First They Killed My Father, based on Loung Ung’s memoir of the same name – a true-life account of the Khmer Rouge genocide through the eyes of a child.

The UN refugee agency special convoy said she hoped the film would help Cambodians to speak more openly about the trauma of the period, which saw two million people killed.

“I came to this country and I fell in love with its people and learned its history, and in doing so learned, how little I actually knew about the world,” explained Jolie, referencing the fact that she first visited the country for the filming of 2001’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

"This country, for me was my awakening.”

The actor, who adopted her eldest son, Maddox, from Cambodia, added: "I'll always be very grateful to this country. I don't think I ever could give back as much as this country has given me.”

The film will be released on Netflix later this year.

Images: Rex Pictures / Netflix

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Kayleigh Dray is editor of Stylist.co.uk, where she chases after rogue apostrophes and specialises in films, comic books, feminism and television. On a weekend, you can usually find her drinking copious amounts of tea and playing boardgames with her friends.